As Pokémon turns 30, a video game inspired by insect-collecting continues to shape how scientists think and teach about bugs today.

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There have been some epic debates in video game circles over the years, but not many more heated and drawn out than the battle over which original starter Pokemon is the strongest: Charizard, ...

Paradox Pokémon represent one of the most significant features introduced in Generation IX’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. These mysterious, single-stage creatures are biological anomalies that closely ...

Stoll’s project began on Kickstarter with plenty of backers, and now fully completed, PokeNatomy can be purchased here in a variety of editions from a digital edition to a leather-bound book. At the ...

It’s the agonizing choice and neverending debate of a generation: Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle? Picking one of the Kanto starter Pokémon is usually a gut choice, based on past experience or ...

Real-life positive health consequences of playing Pokémon Go--a new GPS-based augmented reality game--are being realized across the nation. According to one expert, this quest to "catch 'em all" is ...

Pokémon’s beloved world of charismatic and powerful “pocket monsters” and their trainers may be fantastical, but it has arguably become one of the most scientifically thought-out. Themes of ...